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STATE.ZIP contains state level LOTUS spreadsheet files containing various data used to 
construct estimates of citizen and government ideology.

File names and variables:

Stategov.wk1 (contains the following variables):

 STATE#: State number (1-50 in alphabetical order)               
 YEAR: Year of observation                                       
 DEMLO: Number of state representatives (lower house) that are   
 	Democrat                                                
 REPLO: Number of state representatives (lower house) that are   
 	Republican                                              
 DEMUP: Number of state senators (upper house) that are          
 	Democrat                                                
 REPUP: Number of state senators (upper house) that are          
 	Republican                                              
 GOVPARTY: Party of Governor (100=Democrat, 200=Republican)      

Note: Pest60.wk1 and Instid60.wk1 contain two versions of each party ideology
measure.  One version contains missing values (999), when there is no 
congressional delegation from that party in that state. The other contains 
estimated party scores for missing delegations.  The series with missing
values is the one with only one letter (R or D) attatched to the
variable name.  For example, ADA_R contains missing values, while
ADA_RR contains no missing values.  Details on the estimation of ideology
for missing party delegations is given in the "Unpublished Supplement."

The final party ideology estimates (COAD_RR for Republicans and COAD_DD for 
Democrats) are used as estimates of challenger ideology in the construction 
of citizen ideology (CHALIDEO in equation 1 of the AJPS article).  They are 
also used as estimates of the ideology of party delegations in state legislatures 
(ID:REP:LOW, ID:REP:UPP, ID:DEM:LOW, and ID:DEM:UPP in equation 2 of the AJPS 
article), and as an estimate of the ideology of the governor (ID:GOV in equation 2 
of the AJPS article).


Pest60.wk1 (contains the following variables):

 STATE#: State number (1-50 in alphabetical order)                            
 YEAR: Year of observation                                                    
 ADA_D, ADA_DD: State Democratic party ideology scores: average ADA score for 
 	state's Democratic party delegation in Congress                     
 COPE_D, COPE_DD: State Democratic party ideology scores: average COPE score  
 	for state's Democratic party delegation in Congress                 
 COAD_D, COAD_DD: State Democratic party ideology scores: average ADA and     
 	COPE score for state's Democratic party delegation in Congress       
 ADA_R, ADA_RR: State Republican party ideology scores: average ADA score for 
 	state's Republican party delegation in Congress.                     
 COPE_R, COPE_RR: State Republican party ideology scores: average COPE score  
 	for state's Republican party delegation in Congress.                 
 COAD_R, COAD_RR: State Republican party ideology scores: average ADA and     
 	COPE score for state's Republican party delegation in Congress                                                                                                           
 ADA_C: State ideology scores: average of ADA scores for state's              
 	congressional delegation (both parties)                              
 COPE_C: State ideology scores: average of COPE scores for state's            
 	congressional delegation (both parties)                              
 COAD_C: State ideology scores: average of ADA and COPE scores for state's    
 	congressional delegation (both parties)          
     

Instid60.wk1 (contains the following variables):

 STATE: State name
 STATE#: State number (1-50 in alphabetical order)
 YEAR: Year of observation
 DEMLO: Number of state representatives (lower house) that are
	Democrat 
 REPLO: Number of state representatives (lower house) that are
	Republican 
 DEMUP: Number of state senators (upper house) that are
	Democrat
 REPUP: Number of state senators (upper house) that are
	Republican
 GOVPARTY: Party of Governor (100=Democrat, 200=Republican)
 PCTDEMH: Proportion of state representatives (lower house) that are
	  Democrat
 PCTREPH: Proportion of state representatives (lower house) that are
	  Republican
 PCTDEMS: Proportion of state senators (upper house) that are
	  Democrat
 PCTREPS: Proportion of state senators (upper house) that are
	  Republican
 ADA_C: State ideology scores: average of ADA scores for state's 
	congressional delegation (both parties)
 COPE_C: State ideology scores: average of COPE scores for state's 
	congressional delegation (both parties)
 COAD_C: State ideology scores: average of ADA and COPE scores for state's 
	 congressional delegation (both parties)
 ADA_D, ADA_DD: State Democratic party ideology scores: average ADA score for
	state's Democratic party delegation in Congress. 
 COPE_D, COPE_DD: State Democratic party ideology scores: average COPE score
	for state's Democratic party delegation in Congress.
 COAD_D, COAD_DD: State Democratic party ideology scores: average ADA and 
	COPE score for state's Democratic party delegation in Congress
 ADA_R, ADA_RR: State Republican party ideology scores: average ADA score for
	state's Republican party delegation in Congress.
 COPE_R, COPE_RR: State Republican party ideology scores: average COPE score 
	for state's Republican party delegation in Congress.
 COAD_R, COAD_RR: State Republican party ideology scores: average ADA and 
	COPE score for state's Republican party delegation in Congress
 ADAG: Governor's estimated ideology score based on ADA scores
 COPEG: Governor's estimated ideology score based on COPE scores	 
 COADG: Governor's estimated ideology score based on unweighted average of 
	ADA and COPE scores (ID:GOV in equation 2 of AJPS article)
 MINSEATS: defined as in Figure 1 of AJPS article
 MAXSEATS: 1.00 - minseats
 MAXMINWT: labeled MAXPOWER in Figure 1 of AJPS article
 MINMAJWT: 1.00 - maxminwt
 WTDEMH: defined as POW:DEM:LOW in equation 2 of AJPS article 
 WTREPH: defined as POW:REP:LOW in equation 2 of AJPS article
 WTDEMS: defined as POW:DEM:UPP in equation 2 of AJPS article
 WTREPS: defined as POW:REP:UPP in equation 2 of AJPS article
 INSTADA: State government ideology based on ADA scores alone
 INSTCOPE: State government ideology based on COPE scores alone
 INSTCOAD: State government ideology based on unweighted average of ADA 
	   and COPE scores (GOVTIDEO in equation 2 of AJPS article) 
 
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